Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-10


was much more Juicy than the caiffor
MIA fruit. " and /" aid he. at has ,
much better favor" The WaIIa WALL
grapes y ere spoken o. highly. - excepi
that one difficulty-did not keen =
I long" They were IS less mealy - thar
the California, but we're liked bet
ter"
/ With the great variety Of fruit our
varied soils and climate east and west
Of the mountains can produce W.
only have the effort 70 make to secure
a vast trade. The consumptive de-
/ uand viii increase faster than il viii
be possible for Us 70 produce. To give
some idea Of the great changes and
/ improvements impending in this re-
glon, ! have only 20 note the building
Of a line this year from Sc. Paul 70
Helena. opening up new region north
Of the Northern Pacific. and giving Us
another stretch Of 500 miles Of road
through treeiess country 70 be peO-
| Piled and supplied from elsewhere with
fruit, as time goes on. Have we the
enterprise 10 grasp the price, is the
question that should engage our at
l tention.
! viii venture to assert that we have
thousand farms in Washington Ter
| ritOFy where the owners might plant a
| Thousand trees each and not feel the
/ burden Of the expense or care. With
q million trees planted. considering
how early these come into bearing
how certain the crop, how permanent
I the Improvement, can IL be possible
but we shall reap a rich harvest and
attract great market 20 our doors :
We all know that we can plant an
apple or pear tree and the second year,
or the third. at farthest, harvest a crop
well worthy Of attention. This viii
seem strange 20 our Eastern friends,
who are content 10 wait seven years or
more before the beginning Of return,
and, as my st. Paul friend said today
are done at Is years old
! know that some Of my friends will
be ready to exclaim that am too san
guine; that there are obstacles in the
| way 10 defeat our expectations. Such
/ friends | would remind that peck Of
hop roots introduced into the Puyallup
valley few years ago. in the face Of
/ all doubling and Encouragement, has
built up an interest hardly second to
any in the Territory; and I feel now
/ that II we have that measure Of con-
| fidence and determination that has
been manifested in the hop business.
| that in less than half the time that
| interest has been developed we NAV
have a fruit interest more than double
| what that is or can be We shall ever
be able 10 sell our fruit, and the time
| will come when an orchard will be
worth far more than a hop yard, yet
cost far less.
We now have a Washington Horti-
/ cultural Society. recently organized
What better can be done than 10 dis
cuss the question Of varieties Of fruit
| to grow? This. Of course, is one Of
our most difficult problems to solve:
| for what will do best in one locality
may not do well in another; what viii
attain great perfection in one place
may be inferior in another. OF course,
we are certain 20 make some mistakes,
but what business can we engage in
| that we may not go and do likewise2
We know 10 a certainty that fruit does
grow TO great perfection among US,
and there is nothing 10 prevent us
from finally finding out what is best.
Following my own experience with the
pear. il | were 10 plant thousand
pear trees. / would plant one thousand
Of the Louisa Bon de Jersey. for the
trees have made great growth, have
borne loads Of fruit every year. sound,
Of good size. attractive and choice in
quality. Some one may have had an
other experience; II so, let us hear
from him. NV trees are on sandy
soil. where the cherry does not do as
well as on heavier soil.
Writing as am now. on the 9th Of
March. little way west Of Chicago, in
binding snow storm, and all the way
for n thousand miles west seeing and
experiencing all the rigOrs Of winter,
cannot but smile at the great concern
we had about the backward spring
when | left home, although then
March 20th) we were blowing hops,
digging hop roots, making garden and
the like, with veritable spring weather
then unou Us. One can Judge Of
things better by contrast than in any
other way, and to those who are little
climate sick" in their mind, around
and about Puget Sound, or. in fact, in
any part Of Washington. my advice Is,
IL they want to be cured effectually.
let them come out into one Of these
billiards, experience one Of these brac-
ing winds, tthe bracing part Of which
consists principally in the bracing
power necessary 10 make headwav
against il, or 10 prevent being carried
of with IT'D ! saw. let them come out
and try It, and then forever after hold
| their peace.